The use of mobile location-based targeting by advertisers is skyrocketing, with search-behavioral targeting experiencing the highest rate of growth, according to a new report from xAd.

Mobile local ad network xAd found that 95 percent of national advertisers are now leveraging some form of mobile location-based targeting. The fastest-growing mobile targeting technique was targeting based on geo-precise mobile search behavior, or search behavioral targeting, which grew at a 212 percent between the first quarter and the fourth-quarter of 2012.